School of Environment
Environmental Management courses
Core courses for PGDip Environmental Management
- ENVSCI 701 Research in Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences
- ENVMGT 741 Social Change for Sustainability (maybe not offered 2012)
- ENVMGT 742 Ecosystem Complexity and Adaptive Management
- ENVMGT 743 Environmental Policy
- ENVMGT 744 Resource Management
- ENVMGT 746 Collaborative Environmental Management (not offered 2012)
- ENVMGT 747 Current Issues in Sustainability
Course codes for MSc Thesis students
- ENVMGT 796 A&B MSc Thesis in Environmental Management (Full Time)
- ENVMGT 799 A&B MSc Thesis in Environmental Management (Part Time)
Other School of Environment courses relevant to Environmental Management
(These are Elective Courses for PGDipENVMGT but pre-approved by Environmental Management Co-ordinator)
- ENVSCI 711 Assessing Environmental Effects
- ENVSCI 733 Biodiversity Management and Conservation
- ENVSCI 737 Applied Terrestrial Ecology
- ENVSCI 738 Water and Society
- GEOG 738 Future Food and Biological Economies
- GEOG 748 Fragile Coasts, Vulnerable Communities
- GEOG 749 Climate and Society
- GEOG 773 Visualisation and Cartography
NOTE: The following courses may be taken with the permission of the Programme Coordinator for Environmental Management.
- ENVSCI 704 Analysis and Modelling of Environmental Processes
- ENVSCI 713 Air Quality and Atmospheric Processes
- ENVSCI 714 Water Quality Science
- ENVSCI 716 Aquatic Ecological Assessment
- ENVSCI 734 Landscape and Restoration Ecology
Other courses from outside the School of Environment
Courses outside of the School that are relevant to Environmental Management are outlined on the PGDipENVMGT degree and qualification webpage.
Description of programme
Environmental Management is a set of policy, regulatory, advocacy and market-based mechanisms which transform human behaviour to achieve society's goals for the environment. It is offered at a postgraduate level to enable students with strong disciplinary skills to gain the tools required to become environmental stewards, policy makers and managers. Consequently, our programmes emphasise the application of your existing skills to environmental problem solving.
Course work includes consideration of applied ecology, systems approaches, sustainable development, social and cultural drivers,economics, policy, governance, and environmental education. In addition, you may take courses from a range of associated disciplines including environmental science,geography, planning, law, biology, politics,community health and development studies.
Changing courses
Choose carefully at the beginning.
It is however, possible to add and delete courses within the first two weeks of each semester, without penalty (ie tuition fees are refunded for deletions). After this time, you may not enrol in new courses for that semester, and if you are unable to continue a course a “withdrawal” appears on your academic record. Withdrawing from courses can be achieved in consultation with the Postgraduate Dean and through the Science Student Centre until the third week before the end of lectures, but this will have implications for your degree. For instance, points for withdrawn courses will contribute to the total points value of your programme and there is a maximum number of 160 points which can be taken for the Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Environmental Management). In addition, tuition fees are not refundable. The regulations for changing courses are outlined in the latest version of The University of Auckland Calendar. Enrolment instructions received by students will indicate how to go about adding and deleting courses once semesters have begun.
Timetable Information
Please be aware timetable information provided below is for general guidance and times are subject to change. While we endeavour to keep this as up to date as possible, students should NOT base their enrolment on the timetable information provided below. All students must check on SSO (Student Services Online) as this contains the latest and most accurate timetable information.
Students will consider multiple ways of knowing and understanding research in a broader context and in relation to disciplinary specific examples. Students will be challenged to critically analyse ways of understanding and thinking and use this knowledge to: assemble and represent information, perform analyses and predict outcomes, validate or critique the process, and communicate or question findings.
This course is taught in: First Semester, City Campus (S1 C)
Coordinator: TBA
Format: weekly lectures and tutorials
Points: 15
Assessment: 100 % coursework
Prerequisites: none
Programme: this course is required for the following programmes: Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Geography, Geographical Information Science, Geology and Applied Geology
Timetable S1 C: Check SSO
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How social change happens and how to improve the uptake of sustainability. This course covers the theoretical frameworks that contribute to our understanding of how social change occurs, and their use in the development of sustainability programmes. Includes the methodologies used to gain insight into attitudes, behaviour and values, and their use as a basis for decision-making in environmental management.
The course may not be offered in 2012 - more information will be provided mid-semester one, 2012
This course addresses the theoretical and practical aspects of adaptive management in complex social-ecological systems. Key concepts discussed include ecosystem complexity, ecosystem services, vulnerability, resilience, scientific uncertainty, precautionary principle, and adaptive management.
The Course is taught in: Second Semester, City Campus (S2 C)
Coordinator: Luitgard Schwendenmann
Format: one 3 hour lecture per week for the first six weeks of Semester Two
Points: 15
Assessment: 50 % coursework, 50 % final examination
Prerequisites: none
Programme: this is one of the core options for the Environmental Management programme
Timetable S2 C: Check SSO
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Debates surrounding environmental policy and governance provide insights into the complexities of environmental management issues. Examples of environmental governance will be considered from global to local scales. The roles of international agencies, nation-states, civil society and corporations in shaping environmental policy and governance are examined.
The Course is taught in: First Semester, City Campus (S1 C)
Coordinator: Susan Owen
Format: one 2 hour lecture per week
Points: 15
Assessment: 50 % coursework, 50 % final examination
Prerequisites: none
Programme: this is one of the core options for both the Environmental Management and Geography programmes
Timetable S1 C: Check SSO
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